Veterinary operating-table.



L. L. GONKEY.

VETERINARY OPERATING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. s, 1913.

1,095,625. Patented May 5, 1914.

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L. L. DONKEY.

VETERINARY OPERATING TABLE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, 1913.

1,095,625. I Patentd May- 5, 1914.

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I I Moi/nag I LEONARD L. CONKEY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

VETERINARY OPERATING-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1914..

Application filed March 8, 1913. Serial No. 752,881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEONARD L. commit, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Grand Rapids, inthe county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Veterinary Operating- Tables; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in veterinary operating tables andits object is to provide improved means for shifting the pivots of thetable whereby the table may be turned to upright position in oppositedirections and locked in horizontal position, and to provide the devicewith various new and useful features hereinafter more fully describedand particularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention consists essentially of a support for the table providedwith hinge members at opposite sides, two pairs of sliding pins foralternately connecting the table with the said hinge members, and whenin mid-position connecting the table with both pairs of hinge members,whereby the table may be turned to upright position at either side ofthe support or locked in horizontal position, and in various features ofcombination and arrangement, as will more fully appear by reference tothe accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention withthe table turned to vertical position at one side of the support, andpivotally connected thereto; Fig. 2 a detail in vertical section withthe table raised to inclined position; Fig. 3 an enlarged detail ininverted plan view showing the hinge members and table at one sideattached, and detached at the other side; Fig. 4 the same with the hingemembers and table attached at both sides; Fig. 5 with the pins inreversed relation to that shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 6 a detail of themechanism for locking the lever handle.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents the table proper. 2 the main support for the same whichpreferably consists of a cylinder of sheet metal mounted in anyconvenient manner to rotate about a vertical axis. The top of thissupport is provided with a pair of hinge members 3 at one side and likehinge members 4 at the oppos te side preferably formed of lugs spacedapart and turned upward to embrace the web of T-bars 10 extending acrossthe under side of the table and secured thereto.

Parallel rods 8 and 9 extend through the web of the T-bars and arelongitudinally slldable therein. These rods are connected to anoperating lever 5 pivoted midway between the rods to oppositely move thesame. This lever is also extended as at 6 to near the edge of the tableto afford a suitable handle for shifting the lever and parts attached.

7 is a sector attached to the under side of the table having shoulders17 at each end to engage and hold the handle 6 in its respective extremepositions, and a middle recess 18 to hold the handle in mid-position.This handle is laterally flexible to spring into engagement with thesector.

Attached to the rods 8 and 9 are arms 13 which arms'carry pins 11 and 12the pins 11 adapted to enter openings in the hinge members 3 and alinedopenings in the web of the T-bars. The pins 12 carried by the arms 13and the rod 8 in like manner are adapted to enter alined openings in thehinge members at and in the said web. When the lever is Q shifted to thelimit the rods are moved oppositely whereby as the pins 12 are engagedwith the hinge members 4 the pins 11 are withdrawn from the hingemembers 3 and when the pins 11 are engaged with the hinge members 3 thepins 12 are withdrawn from the hinge members 4. When thus adjusted asshown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings the table is hinged at one sideof the sup-- port 2 and when the position of the lever handle 6 isshifted to the opposite end of the sector the engagement of the pinswith the hinge members is reversed. If, however, the handle 6 be shiftedto the middle recess 18 of the sector both sets of pins will be parwhichresides in the means herein shown for shifting the pivot or hingeconnection of the table with the support 2 and locking the table whenhorizontal.

hat I claim is:

1. A veterinary operating table comprising a table, a support, hingemembers at opposite sides of said support, parallel rods slidablymounted on the table, pins connected to the respective rods toalternately engage the hinge members at the respective sides of thesupport, a lever connected to said rods and pivoted midway between therods, a handle projecting from said lever and a sector to hold thehandle in adjustment.

2. A veterinary operating table, comprising a table, a support havinghinge members at opposite sides, T-bars on the table, the bars and hingemembers having alined openings, slidable pins adapted to enter saidopenings, a slidable rod attached to the pins at each side of thesupport, a pivoted lever connected to the rods to oppositely move thesame, a handle to manually shift the lever, and sector having endshoulders and a mid-position recess to engage and hold the handle.

3. A veterinary operating table, comprising a table, a support for thetable, a pair of perforated hinge members at each side of the support,two T-bars fixed on the table having perforations opposite the same inthe hinge members, rods slidable in the T- bars, arms on the rods, pinscarried by the arms and adapted to enter the perforations in the hingemembers and bars, a lever connected to the rods and pivoted to the tablemidway between the rods, a handle on the lever, and a segment fixed onthe table and having end shoulders to engage the lever and a middlerecess to receive the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD L. CONKEY.

Vitnesses HAROLD O. VAN ANTWERP, PALMER A. J ONES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. 0.

